According to the Shanghai Youth News, the Shanghai city personnel department personnel management office head Xu Jinlin has said that it is currently under discussion how Shanghai, in accordance with the hiring standards issued by the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Personnel, will collect and submit to central authorities the comments of Civil Servants. It is understood that before the new policy was announced, each city and jurisdiction had its own Civil Servant hiring requirements. Shanghai has long had its own physical exam requirements.

Shanghai Civil Servants must meet required height

According to people familiar with this situation, Shanghai’s annual physical exams for Civil Servants are carried out in designated hospitals. In general, there is a height requirement – especially in the courts and police – that women be at least 160cm and men at least 170cm tall. In other departments, women should be above 158cm. However, in general, this height requirement is somewhat flexible, and if a department doesn’t have any objections even personnel not meeting the requirement can be hired.

Those failing AIDS test will not be hired

In addition to height, the Shanghai regulation has added an HIV antibody test. Anyone not passing the test cannot work as a civil servant in Shanghai.

Those infected during probationary period can be rejected

It is understood that anyone with infectious Hepatitis-B or HIV/AIDS cannot be civil servants. If one can be removed from the ranks of the civil service if one is infected after passing the civil servant exam will be determined after examining the particular circumstances. If during the probationary [employment] period of one year, the department has the right to remove the employee from the civil service.

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